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Studies in prejudice. Karl Steffens. Prejudice. prejudice ?. Prejudice. Prejudice as categories which are used to interpret the world relate to social groups are emotional and negative are resistent to change. Prejudice. sender message receiver. Prejudice. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Studies in prejudice
Karl Steffens
Prejudice
prejudice ?
Prejudice
Prejudice as categories which are used to interpret the world
1. relate to social groups
2. are emotional and negative
3. are resistent to change
Prejudice
sender message receiver
Prejudice
sender message receiver
Social psychology
Media analysis
Prejudice
Theoretical approaches
1. Adorno (1952): The authoritarian personality
2. Rokeach (1960): The open and closed mind
3. Sherif et al. (1961): Intergroup conflict and cooperation
4. Tajfel (1957): Group conflict and prejudice
Prejudice
1. Adorno (1952): The authoritarian personality
Character structure that makes an individual susceptible to fascist propaganda
Character structure of an indiviual with a weak ego
Freud: Id – Ego – Super-Ego
Prejudice
2. Rokeach (1960). The open and closed mind
A. belief-disbelief dimension
B. Central-peripheral dimension
(1) central region primitive beliefs / physical world + social world
(2) intermediate region beliefs about the nature of authority; source for information
(3) peripheral region beliefs derived from authority.
C. Time-Perspective Dimension
Prejudice
3. Sherif et al. (1961): Intergroup conflict and cooperation
Summer camp studies: 1949 Connecticut /1953 New York /
1954 Robbers Cave, Oklahoma
• Natural groups
• Formation of groups
• Intergroup conflict
• Solving intergroup conflicts
(common enemy, emergency, avantage)
Prejudice
4. Tajfel (1981): Group conflict and prejudice
• From perception to social perception
• Social categorization and intergroup differenciation
Prejudice
Can prejudice be reduced?